black spot
noun
1
: any of several bacterial or fungal diseases of plants characterized by black spots or blotches especially on the leaves
2
chiefly British : a dangerous or troublesome place or area
… Wisteria Lane has always been a major accident black spot.
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Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web That little black spot at the top left is the shadow of Venus, passing by in a rare cosmic alignment that won’t occur again until 2117. Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2022 Pretty much all of them have black spot and most of the leaves have dropped. oregonlive, 2 July 2022 This application will greatly reduce the future incidence and severity of the three main fungal diseases that afflict roses — powdery mildew, rust and black spot. Earl Nickel, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2022 The injection site soon developed a nasty black spot. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 Jan. 2022 One scene showed him looking at images of his brain, where a black spot marked the missing 70 percent of his left temporal lobe, according to an account in Nautilus magazine. BostonGlobe.com, 3 Nov. 2021 One scene showed him looking at images of his brain, where a black spot marked the missing 70 percent of his left temporal lobe, according to an account in Nautilus magazine. Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2021 The biggest black spot has been co-working startup WeWork. Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 1 Oct. 2021 In a wet year, even a disease-resistant rose bush may get black spot, a fungus disease. Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 19 Sep. 2021 See More
Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 11 Aug. 2022 Pretty much all of them have black spot and most of the leaves have dropped. oregonlive, 2 July 2022 This application will greatly reduce the future incidence and severity of the three main fungal diseases that afflict roses — powdery mildew, rust and black spot. Earl Nickel, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2022 The injection site soon developed a nasty black spot. Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 2 Jan. 2022 One scene showed him looking at images of his brain, where a black spot marked the missing 70 percent of his left temporal lobe, according to an account in Nautilus magazine. BostonGlobe.com, 3 Nov. 2021 One scene showed him looking at images of his brain, where a black spot marked the missing 70 percent of his left temporal lobe, according to an account in Nautilus magazine. Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2021 The biggest black spot has been co-working startup WeWork. Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 1 Oct. 2021 In a wet year, even a disease-resistant rose bush may get black spot, a fungus disease. Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 19 Sep. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1832, in the meaning defined at sense 2
Medical Definition
black spot
noun
: a spotting of frozen meat caused by an imperfect fungus of the genus Cladosporium (C. herbarum)